links for 2007-01-26

Thanks Tariq! “Authorities at Tarleton State University said they plan to investigate a Martin Luther King Jr. Day party that mocked black stereotypes by featuring fried chicken, malt liquor and faux gang apparel.”

This is HILARIOUS! “During literally tens of thousands of media interviews over the years, I always have put these black heroes in the glowing light of adulation they so deserve, crediting the black man for the intense soul and spirit that has enriched ou

Hat tip to TheThink. “Britain’s Channel 4 Television, already under fire for broadcasting alleged racism on its top-ranked show, faced further criticism on Tuesday after a contestant on another reality television program made remarks praising slavery and

Hat tip to The Anti-Essentialist Conundrum. “Federal officials said Tuesday they arrested more than 750 illegal immigrants over the past week in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in what they described as one of the biggest such sweeps in U.S. history.”

“A former Mississippi sheriff’s deputy has been charged in the 1964 kidnappings of two black teenagers who were long believed to have been abducted and killed by the Ku Klux Klan, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.”

Hat tip to Harlow’s Monkey. “she says that critics of celebrity adoptions “get me all riled up … I think they can stick it — you can quote me on that,” she says.” Way to gloss over the complexities, Oprah.

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